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e Caterina:
A Love Story
by Dr. Kathryn Chilcote, D.M.A.
Press
Release en français
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Kathryn Chilcote, D.M.A.
(610) 430-6611 home & fax
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A Woman's Search for Lost Love
Dream Sends Woman on Italian Search for Love in New Novel
West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Photos
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Maurizio e Caterina
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Maurizio e
Caterina,
Siena, 1970, before
Il Palio race
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Maurizio
before an
autumn 1970
concert
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Caterina near
the Ponte
Vecchio Bridge,
Florence |
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Maurizio e
Caterina in
Viareggio,
autumn 1970 |
Caterina's
first "head shot"
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Maurizio Frusoni
in "Il Matrimonio"
Siena, Italy,
August 1970 |
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Maurizio in
Venice, during
rehearsals for
"Il Matrimonio" |
Maurizio e
Caterina,
before a fall
1970 concert
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Caterina e
Jole Frusoni,
Florence, Italy
November 2005
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Memorial concert
for Maestro
Maurizio
Frusoni,
Nov. 2005 |
Caterina e
Marco,
Levanto,
Italia,
June 2006
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Caterina e
Marco,
Levanto,
Italia,
June 2006
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April 16, 2007
Italian Opera
Concert:
Kathryn
and Dale
Morehouse
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April 16, 2007
Italian Opera
Concert:
Gangwisch,
Chilcote,
Morehouse |
April 16, 2007
Italian Opera
Concert:
Sopranos in
"Madama
Butterfly" |
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April 16, 2007
Italian Opera
Concert:
Curtain call |
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Great loves live on throughout time despite separation
and even death. In her new novel, Maurizio e Caterina:
A Love Story (now available through AuthorHouse),
Kathryn Chilcote, D.M.A., presents a woman's search for the
man she left behind decades ago.
The book's subtitle: " 'tu sei il mio unico amore, per
sempre' (you are my only love, forever)," truly describes
the relationship of Maurizio Frusoni and Caterina, or Kathryn.
When Maurizio appears to Kathryn in a dream decades after
she left him to return to the United States, she is overcome
by the need to find him. First, she searches the Web and is
stunned by finding Maurizio's obituary. Realizing that he
came to her for a reason, Kathryn contacts his family through
their Web site. Maurizio's son responds, "I know who
you are."
After 27 years away, Kathryn returns to Italy. She discovers
that Jole, Maurizio's mother, is still living in Florence
and decides to visit her. Jole had been a great obstacle in
Kathryn's relationship with Maurizio, but the highly emotional
reunion began Kathryn's healing and helped her reconnect with
the part of herself still in Italy. Kathryn finally meets
Marco, Maurizio's son, who invites her to spend the day with
him and his mother, Mirella. While meeting their family and
friends, a man expresses disbelief about Kathryn's relationship
with Maurizio. When she eventually returns to the United States,
she and a colleague perform a concert in honor of Maurizio.
Based on a true story, Maurizio e Caterina: A Love Story
immerses readers in the romance of Italy and a love that lasts
forever despite a life spent apart.
Kathryn Chilcote is a native of the Pacific Northwest and
holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in voice from University
of the Pacific, Conservatory of Music, Stockton, California.
In 1970, she participated in a professional opera apprenticeship
program in Siena, Italy, where she met Maurizio Frusoni. After
studying and performing professionally throughout the United
States and Europe, Kathryn Chilcote received her doctorate
in vocal performance and pedagogy from the University of Oregon,
School of Music, Eugene. She has taught on university faculties
in California, Oregon, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and in West
Germany. Dr. Chilcote currently resides in West Chester, PA,
is an active recitalist, and maintains a large private studio
where she specializes in high voices.
The ISBN # is 1-4208-8555-3 and the publisher is Author House,
in Bloomington, IN.
Read an article about Kathryn that appeared in Oregon's
Herald and News!
The beautiful graphic for the cover was designed by Lyle
Matoush, of Ashland, Oregon. The drawing is part of a series
of pastels entitled "Highland Pines." The cover
for Maurizio e Caterina is number 35 in the series.
Click on the thumbnails below to see larger images of Lyle
Matoush's work.
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